Electric-light support



April 15, 1924.

L. c. BEADLE ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPORT Filed June 23, 1921 Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

LEE 0. BEADLE, OF CRYSTAL VALLEY, MICHIGAN.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT SUPPORT.

Application filed June 23, 1921. Serial No. 479,915.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, LEE C. BEADLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crystal Valley, in the county of Oceana, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Electric-Light Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device for adjustably supporting an electric light.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a base or stand, having simple and efiicient means for supporting an electric lamp, in such manner that it may be readily adjusted to, and maintained in various positions. A further object is to provideabase or stand, and a lamp connected by a ball and socket joint, and means for normally preventing relative movement of the two from any adjusted position.

i The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is a perspective view illustrating an electric light support, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Referring to thedrawing, 1O designates a base or stand, which may be of any desired shape or material, having secured to its upper end, in suitable manner, a sleeve 11, provided with spaced apart recesses. Said recesses are positioned to receive the inwardly bent angular lower extremities of arms 12, formed of resilient metal, and provided at their upper ends with curved or bowed portions 13, which co-operate with a concavity 14 in the upper end of sleeve 11, to provide a socket. The resiliency of the metal of which the arms 1.2 are constructed is such as to normally tend to move the bowed portions 13 outwardly. A slidable collar 15 surrounding the sleeve 11, and embracing the arms 12, serves to control the relative adjustment of the bowed ends.

The lamp 16 is of standard construction,

and is carried by a socket 17 which is pro vided with a spherical head or enlargement 18, shaped to be received within the socket produced by the bowed portions 13 and concavity la. The feed wires for the lamp are conventionally shown at 19, and the lamp is also shown as provided with a shade 20; In practice, a downward movement of the collar 15 will permit separation of the bowed ends 13, due to the resiliency of the arms 12. The ball or spherical enlargement 18. is retained in position by the substantial frictional engagement effected by pressure of the collar 15, upon arms 12. It will be readily understood that the lamp may be adjusted to any position, within the range of movement of the ball and socket joint, provided by the construction above described. When it is desired to remove the lamp, the collar 15 is moved downwardly far enough to permit of separation of the bowed portions 13, with the enlargement 18, whereupon the said enlargement may be withdrawn. The parts are maintained in assembled relation by the clamping pressure upon the bowed portions 13, caused by an upward movement of said collar 15.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described an operative man ner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what is claimed is An electric light support comprising a base or stand, a sleeve rigidly secured to one end thereof and having spaced apart circumferential recesses therein, arms surrounding said sleeve and having their lower ends provided with angular inturned eX- tremities projecting into said recesses, the upper portions of said arms being resilient and tending to normally spring outwardly, a lamp socket having a ball like member embraced by said arms, and acollar slidable longitudinally of the sleeve, whereby a sub stantial frictional engagement between the ball member and the arms may be maintained.

LEE C. BEADLE. 

